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# Founding Engineer

- **Company:** CLERA, LLC
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $70,000.0 - $100,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Next.js, TypeScript, Data Processing, Tailwind, ReactJS, Backend, Information Technology, Optimization Algorithms, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** August 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ed5e8cb73c7a84c2

## About the Role

Must-haves (dealbreakers):

 * Frontend development skills with JavaScript/TypeScript and React (Next.js preferred).
 * Proven experience in a full-stack engineering role building and shipping production applications.

Required:

 * Experience with Tailwind CSS.
 * Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Electrical Engineering (Bachelor's or Master's) with a strong academic record (grade better than 2.0 on the German scale).
 * Startup experience - defined as a company younger than 3 years and fewer than 50 employees.
 * Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
 * Solid Python backend development experience, including mixed-integer optimization.
 * Fluency in German - required, as the majority of customers operate in German.

Nice to have:

 * Background or experience in the energy industry.
 * Experience deploying optimizations in production systems.

## Description

This is a founding-stage full-stack engineering role at an early-stage B2B SaaS cleantech startup building AI-powered software that controls and optimizes industrial and commercial battery storage assets. The platform addresses real-world energy challenges - including volatile electricity prices and underutilized battery capacity - through strategies like self-consumption optimization, peak shaving, spot market arbitrage, and dynamic tariff management.

As a Founding Engineer, you will have an outsized impact on both product and company direction. You'll own core backend systems for real-time optimization and forecasting, build operator-facing dashboards, and architect the infrastructure needed to scale across thousands of battery systems., * Own and build the core product driving real-time optimization and forecasting for energy assets.

 * Develop backend services and mixed-integer optimization algorithms to process data in real time.
 * Create intuitive frontend dashboards for battery operators to monitor and control assets.
 * Design and scale cloud infrastructure to support thousands of battery systems.
 * Collaborate cross-functionally to define product features and requirements.
 * Deploy production-ready optimizations and iterate rapidly based on real-world feedback.


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